Personal Experience
“I can honestly say that Ray has been the most knowledgeable, hardworking, pleasant, and diligent agent we have worked with.” – Robbin H.
Ray is a 4th generation Montanan and lifelong Billings resident that loves all our beautiful state has to offer. He is well traveled in Montana and loves the outdoors under the Big Sky and the culture of our great state.
Ray joined Western Skies in 2021 after retiring from a 26 year banking career with a Fortune 500 company, having built solid local relationships and relationships across the country on trust and dedication. His banking experience includes 17 years as a lending underwriter where he helped finance hundreds of real estate purchases and understands the challenges and rewards buyers and sellers encounter in real estate transactions. Through these transactions, Ray has developed strong negotiation skills to help make residential, commercial and ag deals come together. In addition, Ray’s past experience includes managing marketing campaigns and ad agency relationships, giving him a solid background on what it takes to make sales happen!
Ray is also well versed in personal and commercial financial analysis, making him a valuable resource for clients in investment and personal real estate opportunities. With his varied experience, strong ties throughout Montana, and knowledge of the local real estate market – Ray is uniquely qualified to help you through your real estate decisions. While meeting clients’ needs is top priority, Ray believes in building strong relationships with clients beyond the sale and providing personalized service. In this day and age of texts and emails, Ray believes personal conversation is still the best form of communication.
In his free time, Ray enjoys spending time with family and friends – often exploring the backroads or lesser-known microbreweries. He is a Montana State University alum and enjoys all college and youth sports, having coached youth sports for many years. Ray has a lovely wife, Annette, and two grown children, Alicia and Ike.
Ray did an excellent job of keeping us informed of every stage of the buying process. We felt confident that everything was staying on task & didn’t have to worry about anything. I would highly recommend Ray to anyone looking to buy or sell a house!
I have worked with a few different realtors in my time but Ray is my go to realtor now! He really took the time to listen to me and responded quickly to emails, phone calls, texts. We had to do a few upgrades on our home prior to selling it and Ray had names of good people to work with to get them done quickly and inexpensively. He is an awesome realtor and a fun person to work with! I would highly recommend him to my family and friends. Thanks again Ray!
Ray did a stellar job in helping my wife and I find a property to build our next home! While on vacation, we’d decided to check out some homes and properties in Billings, and he went above and beyond in accommodating our limited schedule. His knowledge of the area and market was critical to helping us navigate this process, and we could not be any happier with the decision we made to purchase. We attribute that to his guidance on what things to consider when choosing the right location and making sure we were informed on everything from future development in the area, to HOA by-laws. It can be overwhelming, but Ray had us at ease from the start of the process. I’d refer him to anyone, and have sent my parents his way for their next sale and home purchase!
Ray was so fun to work with! He helped my wife and I find our first home! He was very helpful with any new home buyer questions no matter how ridiculous. We felt like he had our back throughout the whole process. All and all a great experience!!!
My wife and I have had multiple real estate transactions through the years with multiple realtors. We have had the pleasure of working with Ray on two real estate transactions in the past couple of years. I can honestly say that Ray has been the most knowledgeable, hardworking, pleasant, and diligent agent we have worked with. Do yourself a favor and call Ray Stoner for any real estate need you may have.
Ray was very knowledgeable about the whole process. The thing I appreciated the most was how well he communicated with me throughout the whole process. He is the first realtor I have worked with where I felt completely confident and comfortable with the entire time. I would highly recommend!
Email or Call
+1(406) 591-5889
Office Location
344 Broadwater Ave,
Billings, MT 59101

